Story+1978-11-02+Largo,+MD

"(announcer: ´He's back! Please welcome Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!´).... Hey!...sorry we´re late....Are you ready? . . . 1, 2 . . ." [NOTE: Former Bethesda, MD WHFS-FM DJ, Donald “Cerphe” Colwell, who was now at WAVA in Arlington, VA does this intro. He's the same guy, with the blonde ponytail, who intros Bruce on the DVD for the Largo 1980-11-24 show.]
 * 02.11.78 Largo, MD, intro to ´´Badlands´´**

´´Thanks.....I´ll fix my buttons....how´s everybody been here, huh? alright? (crowd cheers) good (chuckles) flowers, mmm, I´ll plant these right on the bus, alright (chuckles)....next time, uh....flowers, it´s like you either eat these or you, or you throw ´em out, what we really need is, uh, underwear or socks that would (chuckles) that would help out....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Spirit In The Night´´**

"Am I Dead? No? . . . Am I alive? (cheers) . . . Gimme a little room . . . "
 * 02.11.78 Largo, MD, in middle of "Spirit In The Night"**

´´It´s dangerous down there tonight....Who am I, the King of England!....oh (tunes his guitar) gimme little guitar down in the monitors, Bob....alright, how are you guys doing in the oxygen seats up there? (crowd cheers) alright....(chuckles) remember: if the mask falls down, breathe slowly (chuckles) until cabin pressure resumes (chuckles) alright, this is for all you guys, this is a new song....it´s called ´The Ties That Bind´....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´The Ties That Bind´´ (following ´´Spirit In The Night´´)**

´´That´s brand new, it´s only the second time we played it....(tunes his guitar)....take it down, yeah. . . a little bit, just a little bit...who was here the last time we were down here? (crowd cheers) that´s a lot....and who wasn´t here the last time we were down here? (some cheers) that´s a lot too....this is for all the second-timers (chuckles) this is, uh, ´Darkness On The Edge Of Town´....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Darkness On The Edge Of Town´´ (following ´´The Ties That Bind´´)**

´´This is, uh, this is a new song, it´s called ´Independence Day´....this is for everybody that´s, uh, still living at home or just moved out (chuckles)....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Independence Day´´**

´´You think you´re ready to prove it all night? (crowd cheers) we´ll see (goes into the guitar solo)....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Prove It All Night´´**

´´I'm fine now. . . I'm alright, this is - I need some more voice, Bobby, one, two, one....this is for all you, all the night riders out there.....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Racing In The Street´´**

´´Everything´s breaking up here....a funny thing happened to me on the way down here tonight (chuckles)....hey, that´s nice, I got a picture (chuckles)....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Jungleland´´**

"Clarence Clemons on the saxophone (crowd cheers) Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) thanks, we're gonna take a 20-minute-break and we'll be back to do another set for you, ok? (crowd cheers) we'll see you in about 20 minutes, alright (crowd cheers)..."
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, after "Jungleland"**

´´Did you guys, did you guys hear the radio broadcast that we had down here? (crowd cheers) this is, this is a song we did on the broadcast, this is another new song, it´s, uh....it´s called ´Point Blank´....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Point Blank´´**

"This is for everybody from Washington and Philly . . . "
 * 02.11.78 Largo, MD, intro to "Backstreets"**

´´I remember in the summertime....we used to hitchhike outside of town....it was way out.... down by the railroad tracks....there was this, there was this old abandoned Cadillac in the middle of this field, it was all stripped down except for the....except for the backseat....and we´d go riding in back....little girl, we´d go riding in back....me and little girl, we´d go riding in back....baby, we´d go riding in back....and the world´d spin round and round and round and round it´d go....and baby, down and down and down and down we´d go, oh, darling, down and down and down and down we´d go....and down and down and down and down we´d go....and I remember you promised.....you promised, you said you´d go no place without me....you swore you´d never go no place without me.....you promised you´d never go no place without me.....and I would hold you in my arms....you had such lonely, sad eyes.... you had such lonely, sad eyes....you had such pretty, sad eyes....you had such pretty, sad eyes....and all the time they was crying....all the time they was crying....they cried all night long....they´d cry all night long....and me, I was, I was just dying to be your fool....baby, I was just dying to be your fool ´cause I thought, I felt that I had something that could stop your crying....but I didn´t know....that baby was lying....baby, you were lying....all the time you´d been lying....all the time you´d been lying....you´d been laughing....and lying....you´d been laughing....and lying....and now you´re back....so now you´re back....well, little girl..... what makes you think....what makes you think....that I....´cause, baby, I´ve been out too and I´ve seen some things....and I know all about you....we gotta stop....if we could only stop.... it´d be alright, if we could only stop....if we could only stop....if we could only stop.... if we could only stop....stop, stop, stop, STOP....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, middle of ´´Backstreets´´**

´´And now....for the jokes.... (....) On the piano, Professor Roy Bittan.....on the guitar....a man who brought you such hits as ´I Don´t Wanna Go Home´....´Sweeter Than Honey´....´Grease´....Miami Steve Van Zandt ....and many others....on the drums, the Mighty Max Weinberg.....on the bass, Mr.Garry W. Tallent....on the organ, Dan Federici....and last but not least....are you gonna make me say it? (crowd cheers) king of the world.....master of the universe....is it a bird?....is it a plane?....is it the Big Man?....on the saxophone, Clarence Clemons.....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Rosalita´´**

´´What? We got...I wanna thank everybody for coming down to the show....I wanna let you know that never goes unappreciated, we´ve played enough nights to empty houses to know....it´s nice that people come down to support your band and stuff so....honest....thank you all very much ....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Born To Run´´**

´´Alright....anybody ever been to Detroit? (not much response).... (....) Give me a little more guitar....a little assistance from his majesty (Clarence plays).... Professor, please (Roy plays)....everybody now (the whole band joins in)....just wait a minute....wait a minute....wait a minute....I´ve been informed....by the hall management to make this announcement....anybody with a weak stomach or a weak heart should step into the lobby during the next section of this song as it might be dangerous to your health.... because....it´s not so bad when I do this....I didn´t do that yet....we´re fucking up up here (chuckles)....oh shit, is this embarrassing!....we´ll try that again....it´s not so bad when I do this....Big Man....and it ain´t so bad when I do this....but when we do this....and then....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Detroit Medley´´**

´´We will now take a moment to recite the Lord´s Prayer...a-one, a-two, a-one, two, three, four....´´
 * 02.11.78** **Largo****, MD, intro to ´´Quarter To Three´´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//